The year 2025 may come to be seen as a “tipping point” when democratic institutions were severely damaged and human rights suffered as a result, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).

The global human rights system is in peril," wrote HRW executive director Philippe Bolopion. “Under relentless pressure from US President Donald Trump, and persistently undermined by China and Russia, the rules-based international order is being crushed.”

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